The album is a collaboration with
Bengali singer Ritwika Bhattacharya,
Carnatic vocalist and
veena player Suchethan Rangaswamy and
US based poet Mardee Agen. While three of the tracks
Eastwards,
Independence Awekening and
Remember your Faith are
instrumental,
Shabd (
Hindi), Ganga (Hindi) and Tere Bin Nahi Lagda (
Punjabi) are sung by Ritwika and Xobdor Porisoy (Assamese) by Jim himself.
Eastwards is the only fusion track of the album. It has the essence of Carnatic music and
Acoustic rock.
Remember Your Faith is based on a poem by Mardee Agen. The album is produced by
Bangalore based music institute
Eastern Fare Music Foundation. Before the release of the album, two of the tracks
Ganga and
Tere Bin Nahi Lagda were released as singles in the same year.
Ganga was originally composed by Bhupen Hazarika and
Tere Bin Nahi Lagda was by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Two months before the release of the album, two of music videos -
Tere Bin Nahi Lagda and
Xobdor Porisoy, were released online. Both the videos were directed by Parmita Borah. About
Xobdor Porisoy Jim says, "The lyrics of 'Xobdor Porisoy' just occurred to me two years back as I sipped a steaming cup of tea on a rainy summer afternoon. It was gathering dust tucked away in a diary for quite sometime when, after a gap of two years, I suddenly found it, and like an ex-flame, it stirred unspoken feelings inside me. I worked on the music composition for a couple of days and things fell into place,". Artwork of the album is done by Bangalore-based artist Trinayan Bora and Pranjal Barua. ==Track listing==